Tobacco smoke conditioning device



April 4, 1950 W. J. HEILAND 2,503,110

TOBACCO SMOKE CONDITIONING DEVICE Filed Dec. 28, 1945 il/xzflezzazmzINVENTOR.

BY a Patented Apr. 4, 1950 UNITED STATES OFFICE.

TOBACCO SMOKE CONDITIONING HEVICE William}. Heiland, Rutherford, NJ.Application December 28, 1-945, Serial No; 637545 This invention relatesto a device for conditioning the smoke of tobacco inv cigarettes, cigarsand pipes.

It is an object ofth'e invention to provide a simple and inexpensiveform of tip which, when properly placed on a cigarette, cigar or pipewill act upon the smoke before it reaches the mouth of the user so thatan agreeable odor can be imparted thereto or medicinal propertiesimparted to the smoke, or the smoke can be filtered.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which can bevery cheaply made, can be packaged readily so that quantities can benested for compactness and which can easily be applied to the object tobe smoked.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may bemade in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has beenshown.

In said drawing Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section through thearticle prior to the pressure of a cigarette thereinto, a cigarettebeing illustrated in one end portion of the device.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the relative positions ofthe parts after a cigarette has been forced into position within thetip.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a side elevation showing a number of the articles nested forpacking and shipment.

Figure 5 is a detailed view of a blank from which the body of the devicecan be formed.

Figure 6 is a view of the blank from which the conditioning element canbe made.

Figure '7 is a view of a blank from which a modified structure can beformed.

Referring to the drawing in detail, I designates a sheet of paper or anyother suitable material which can be provided along one edge withadhesive as shown at 2, this strip 1 being so shaped that when it isrolled and the supposed edges joined, it will produce a taperedfrustoconical body as indicated at 3 in Figures 1, 2 and 4. Theproportions of the body thus formed are such that one end of a cigaretteC can be wedged thereinto after being inserted a predetermined distance.

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Located within the body I at a point between ends is a strip of material5' having long tapered fingers 6 extending from one edge there- This'strip can be of any suitable material which will give the resultsdesired. For example it can be of an absorbent paper for holding aperfume or a medicine which will produce a vapor, when heated.

In practice the strip 5 is rolled into cylindrical form so as to leave acluster of the fingers 6 extending from one end thereof and the rolledstrip is then inserted into the middle portion of the body 3 so that thefingers will be extended toward the large end of the body and will beslightly spaced from the wall of the body.

When a cigarette C is to be used with the device, one end thereof isthrust into the large end of the body 3 and against the free ends of thefingers 6. This will cause the fingers to crumple or fold inwardlytoward each other so as to form a partition of overlapping portions asshown in Figures 2 and 3 and thereafter while the cigarette is beingsmoked, the generated smoke, before reaching the mouth of the user mustpass through this partition. Here it will be filtered or scented ormedicated, according to the type insert used.

In shipping the articles they can be nested as shown in Figure 4 andthey can thus be sold in quantities to a customer who, as he uses them,need only withdraw them one at a time and apply them to the cigarette.

Obviously similar tips can be used with cigars and with the stems or themouthpieces of tobacco pipes and in every case the same results will beobtained.

Furthermore, if desired, the tip herein described can be sold as apermanent part of a cigarette or cigar in which case the crushing of thefilter will take place when the parts are combined prior to being placedon the market.

The tips can be of any desired proportion, depending upon the type ofarticle with which they are to be used.

It is to be understood, furthermore, that instead of inserting thefiltering element into the finished tip, it can be aflixed to the blankI before the said blank is shaped so that one operation of shaping theblank and the filter is all that is required in producing the article.This arrangement has been disclosed in Figure 7 of the drawing whereinthe main blank has been indicated at l and the filtering element thereonhas been indicated at 8.

Although the fingers of the filtering element 3 have been shown anddescribed as pointed, it is to be understood that they can be made ofany other shapes desired.

A further improvement consists of a wad of medicated or otherwisetreated fibrous material such as cotton, which can be placed on thefiltering element 5 or 8, so as to be rolled thereinto when the articleis shaped thereby to be surrounded and overlapped by the fingers andother portions of the filtering blank. This applied filtering wad hasbeen indicated at 9.

Obviously various other modifications may be embodied in the devicewithout departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

A device of the class described, including a hollow and graduallytapered body having its large end of slightly greater diameter than thediameter of a cigarette insertable therein, whereby said cigarette willbe wedgingly engaged when inserted intermediate the ends of the body, amember within the body, and relatively elongated crushable fingersextending from one end of the member toward, but terminating short of,

the large end of the body, said fingers normally defining asubstantially cylindrical extension of the member, whereby to be spacedat their free ends from the wall of the hollow body, and said fingersdefining an obstruction in the path of the inserted cigarette, wherebyto be wholly crumpled by the end of the cigarette when it is wedged intothe hollow body. WILLIAM J. HEILAND.

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